klauswaad 's review for:

The Crossing by Cormac McCarthy

3.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Loved the first part but each part worsened over time for me. There are some author philosophical inserts that do give the mind some pause to reflect, but they feel heavy-handed. I thought book 1 was more balanced and the amount of Spanish text in book 2 took me out of the story quite often (I understood about 60-70% of the Spanish).